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Over 100 Stations Carrying This Week In High School Sports

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Sept. 11 – For the second straight year, the MHSAA Network’s flagship program, This Week In High School Sports, will be carried on over 100 over-the-air radio stations and internet audio websites as part of their weekly high school sports programming.

The five-minute program, powered by Michigan Student Aid, is in its fourth season. The show leads off each week with feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half, or from network affiliated stories and interviews. This Week Game Balls are then presented for team or individual achievements in the past week.Be The Referee, a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating, comes in the middle of the show; and is followed by a closing MHSAA Perspective.

This week show features the Alpena High School Boys Soccer team and Coach Tim Stoch; passes out game balls to Holland West Ottawa football quarterback Issac Van Dyke and the girls volleyball team at Painesdale-Jeffers; addresses a soccer rule change in Be The Referee, and finishes with an MHSAA Perspective about placing too much importance on the one percent of the participants.

Many of these same stations will be carrying games from the MHSAA Basketball Finals in March.

Be The Referee is also available each week as a separate podcast. These 60-second messages, featuring MHSAA Assistant Director Brent Rice and veteran MHSAA official Sam Davis, take a look at rules in different sports, challenge your rules knowledge with some You Make The Call questions, and pass on other information about the world of officiating.

Four of the state’s top-ranked volleyball teams will be in action as part of an 80-game-plus schedule this week on MHSAA.tv.

Lake Orion, third-ranked in Division 1; and Schoolcraft, Manchester, and Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, the third, fourth and ninth-rated teams in Division 3; all grace this week’s schedule of games produced by members of the School Broadcast Program.

All sporting events – live or delayed - are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.

NFHS Networksubscriptions begin at $9.95 a month. Subscribers will have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. All content becomes available for free, on- demand viewing 72 hours after being shown live.School Broadcast Programparticipants will also be selling Season and Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.